sensor arrays
Grouped monitoring devices
Sensor arrays are groups of sensors arranged to work together, gathering data across a wider area or range than a single sensor could cover.
The term appears in both technical and fictional contexts: radar installations use sensor arrays to track aircraft, while science fiction spacecraft bristle with sensor arrays scanning for threats.
In scientific instruments, arrays of sensors can detect patterns—seismic arrays monitor earthquakes, radio telescope arrays map distant galaxies.
- transducersEnergy conversion devices
- detectorsDevices that discover presence
- arraysOrdered element collections
- radarsWave-based locating systems
- early warningAlert before event occurs
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